China Has Capability To Attack U.S. Satellites

The Washington Free Beacon’s Bill Gertz joined The Blaze
TV’s “Real News” Friday to discuss China’s capability to attack American
satellites and thus inflict great strategic and monetary damage to the
United States.“Gen. Shelton issued somewhat of an alarming call, saying that China
has the capability to attack these satellites,” Gertz said. While the
U.S. is taking a defensive posture involving smaller satellites that are
“more survivable”, Gerz said that “still doesn’t deal with China’s
A-Sat capability, or anti-satellite capability. They have missiles that
can shoot these guys down.”When asked about the Obama administration’s response to China’s new
capabilities, Gertz responded the White House is “dead set against
having offensive anti-satellite weapons.”“We have that capability,” Gertz continued, “but the administration
is opposed to that and, as a result, the administration is playing
defense while the Chinese are playing offense.